User:Amicitia77/MODO

MODO is a graphical front-end to the original MODTRAN® radiative transfer code. It has been created to ease the modelling of the at-sensor radiance for hyperspectral imaging sensors but also for generic radiative transfer simulation tasks. The basic functionality includes:


 * run Modtran® 5 through the GUI (creation and translation of tape5-s)


 * plotting the Modtran® - outputs


 * extraction and conversion of spectra from the Modtran® - output


 * easy creation of sensitivity analysis series


 * convolution of spectra to spectral band characteristics, and


 * simple atmospheric correction for multispectral imagery over flat terrain


 * alternatively supports the legacy MODTRAN-4 code (MODTRAN-4 is licensed from the United States of America under U.S. Patent No. 5,315,513.)

MODTRAN® 5 technology is licensed from the United States of America, as represented by the United States Air Force, under U.S. Patent Nos. 5,884,226, 7,433,806 and 7,593,835 B2.

The MODTRAN® trademark is being used with the express permission of the owner, the United States of America, as represented by the United States Air Force. For use outside of the US, the trademark is being used with the express permission of the owner, Spectral Sciences, Inc..

MODO has originally been developed between 1994 and 1996 by D. Schläpfer at the Remote Sensing Laboratories of the University of Zurich and is now maintained and improved by ReSe Applications LLC (Wil, Switzerland).

Field of application
Imaging spectroscopy, or chemical sensing alternatively, serves in the fields of environmental research, geological exploration (mineral spectroscopy), agricultural and forestry industries, airborne reconnaissance, as well as for mapping applications. Radiative Transfer is the calculation of the radiation transfer through the atmosphere or through other transparent or semi-transparent media such as water or vegetation canopies.

Weblinks

 * Website Rese Applications LLC
 * Website Modtran® Spectral Sciences Inc.
 * Google Scholar articles about MODO